Z144 (Oligocene of Pakistan)

Also known as Z 144; Zinda Pir Dome

Where: Baluchistan, Pakistan (30.1° N, 70.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.7° N, 70.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chitarwata Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• 10 m stratigraphically higher than locality Z108

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: L. J. Flynn. 2007. Origin and Evolution of the Diatomyidae, with Clues to Paleoecology from the Fossil Record. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 39:173-181 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179936: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 04.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
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Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
 Insectivora - Tupaiidae
Tupaiidae indet. Gray 1825 tree shrew
 Artiodactyla -
Ruminantia indet., "? Diamantohyus jeffreysi" = Sanitherium
"? Diamantohyus jeffreysi" = Sanitherium ruminant
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Rodentia - Diatomyidae
Fallomus razae Flynn et al. 1986 rodent
 Rodentia -
Hodsahibia sp. Flynn et al. 1986 rodent
 Rodentia - Chapattimyidae
Asterattus sp. Flynn and Cheema 1994 rodent
Baluchimys sp. Flynn et al. 1986 rodent
 Rodentia -
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Atavocricetodon sp. Freudenthal 1996 mouse
PMNH 2127